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Show KNWI.ED0E AND UEVEIiATIOX. Tho truth of the saying "Knowledge Is l'owci" inn lo proved In many was,, by experience. "The glory of (lad Is Intelligence," and thu man of Intelllgonco certainly possesses a power which tbe unlusrneJ lacks, lu pro -onion to the knowledgo they poa seme I nf the country they Inhabited, Half rinitlou they acquired In tho an ami solcuoes, tho knowledge they dislsoJln agriculture nnd virtue, men, lu illfjerent a;es of Ihu world, have arisen aud nourished and main. tali el ttielr rights. The duration, stability, exaltation and happiness ol u y oj urujiilty, therefore, goes haul in hand with tbe learnln,; pusssasodby ibu 1 ooplr, win n upplUid to laudable mis, aud the truth of tho saying ot the Wiseman, "lllghtoausnesi oxalteth a nation," ion bo plainly seen; lor rlghlioutnrts embraces knowledge and ki.owledgn Is power. Itiasouliu from this view ct tho ml e t It will readily bo ; ercelved that u kinds v! knowledge have, (roni in Amu dispensation, nctuatcd uai it j it muuot bo itunKdthat oil uicu have uU beiu righteous, though they may havo bien at tho head of nourishing nations, kingdoms and counttlcs. To speak ol this subject In Ha true light would bo to mention that knowledge thai comes from above, revelstlon, which la one ol Iho most dinicult doctrines of the Cos-pel Cos-pel (or tbe world to understand, Its dllUculty lies In comprehending the faot that all knowledge comes from Uod, and that when It has been revealed, re-vealed, all men have not believed tt to ben revelation at the timo. The truth la corroborated ns far back as tbe days nf Adam. When tho ottering of Alol was accepted ol tho 1ord, that kuowlodge was communicated by revelation, through which Abel received power from Uod. Culu knew tho Ijord and belloved In his father Adam's icrllture, or revelation, but thinking oue revelation waa aulll-cleut aulll-cleut he became olTendcJ, disbelieved nn I ultimately committed murder. Noah waa given lower lo prepare and save himself and family from Ibe destruction of tbe Hood, through his knowledge of revelation of what was to take ploco upon the earth. Hut the Inhabitants In the Isoschlnu dlsponsn Hon ecotled at the great Trophet's revelations. They did not deny that Adam was the first man, made lu the Imago of Uod. that l.noch walkodand talked with (Jo 1 and was translated to heaven without tastlugdcaln, yet they could not see the necessity lor UeW rovelatlou. Bald they, "Websllevu ns our fathers did, but away with new revelations." The laord look tbmu at their word and the llooi swept both revelstlon nnd the ople away. How was It with Abraham? When this Trupbtt, iVhoseseed said tbu Lord should be as numerous as tbe sands ou the seashore, made tho announcement that Uod bad appeared to) 111 in lu the plains of Slam re, that ho had seen angels and had partaken ol faod aud drink with them, he was laughed at, nud bis religion turowu aside, because he had received new revelations. The revelations ol Adam, l.noch and Xouh, no one doubted. Hooch's pillar aud living monument of ills faith and works, Noah, with Ills ark listing ou Mo anl Ararat, aud the majesty of the rainbow spanning theiarth from time to time, weiewllnisais that Iho uld revolutions weru true. Hut what proof had they ol tho divinity of Abraham's mission? They had many uvldences but rrjeoted all of them and drovo the great l'atrlarch Iroru his country and kindred lo becouioapll grim lu a strange land. When Moses appeared fresh Irom the prisence of Uod, with new revelations aud calculations, and tested tue folly ud wlukidnetscf n corrupt uiurtaud people by destroying them through Ibe power of Uod, with plaguia and miracles, the Inhabitants opposed him as Calu did Abel. Thu wise meu sought his llfu btcauso they could not bear Information direct from heaven. TuecuiiLlng priests of .Crypt, as well as those of the land of Lauaan, were living witnesses of tho power he ells played, yet the samo spirit if fanatl-clam, fanatl-clam, hy'-ocrliy, and unbelief took possession of them that sell-J tbe ante-dlluvlnus ante-dlluvlnus nnd the Jgjj.iana weru sunk, like lead, In tho lied Era. riilssplrltcf unbelief lu thencccsslty of revelstlon lino upon Hue, precept upon precept, hrru a little and thero a little can Lo traced with great ellect In the history of thu children ol Israel prior to tbo at pearance ot the Messiah; or tho records sluw that no sooner did they Lcglu to be pulled up with self-suuiclency self-suuiclency than they honored the old revelations In word, or prolesslou, and sloned tho l'ropbels that camu with new one. When the Havlor eame lu the flesh this samo prlucljlu that has been traced from ago to age waa most algnally manifest among tbo Jews. Iloasilng of the old rcvolatlone, they made long prayers (or n prstsnse, and crossed sea and land to make proselytei; yet when new revelation was Introduced by tbe Havlor they called It blasphemy and cried "Away wllli lilra, cruelly hire!" Is it to be wondered at that Taul, seeing see-ing the Halnts beginning to question the necessity lor more revvUtlou, should Inform Timothy that "perilous times rhoul I come; for meu shall be lovers of their own selves, unthankful, unholy, lovers of jleasuro more than lovers ol Uod?" When one pauses to consider these facia nnd exemplify the truth nt tbe aaylng "History repeals Itself," It dors not seem atrauge that the same courso woo taken nnd tho same language lan-guage used when tho Hook of Mormon was Introduced over sixty years ago. The people of tbekoneratlou lu which the hook was lntroluci believed lu old rovilatlon, aud blowed tho old I atrlarchs, pilgrims nud Aoitles; but new ones iliey could not believe lu; yet In their dive rallied forms of fallli and worship, from tbe ioor Ignorant ssvsgetlutprostrstes hluasell before a stick or stune, rind through nil the shades aud variations of religious Letter, Le-tter, thu Inhabitants ol the earth furnished furn-ished Inconlertible evidence ol the truth ol the slate aiont thsl colitlnuid revelation Irom UoJ was necessary. That UoJ did reveal Hlmsoll to mankind man-kind lu former nun Is admitted by millions, hut thai ilu should now do so Is looked Uon as strangoaud Improbable; Improb-able; ytt it Is doubllul II there was ever u period lu tho world's history when revelation was so nuch needed as It Is at the present time. When the state ol the rellglousworld of loJay Is viewed, Ilia say lug "Where there la no vision Ihu people perish" seems to be clearly exemplified. The enlightenment of Hie age aud the destructive de-structive irlllilsmiif our time Is demolishing de-molishing raauy u loitering belle! and is dlscloslnir Hie great religious verities uf thatiue Uosr el lu all tholr might aud rurlly. Thoelrltof revelation, without with-out which the people csunol be-coinu be-coinu united In word and deed, nor the Church live, reveal Iho grand sequil of Ibe actions ol tbusu who havo njectej present revelation Irom Adam uown. II Illuminates the pages of history from which iau ho gleaned this glorious truth that all the Halnts Irom our great progenitor down to tbo present day, hnvluK n kuuwledgo ol ililngs ost, i resent and to come, by Hie puwer ot the Holy (ihoel, have had jinrer to shut the mouths cf klni.s aud lions, to walk tu the Ilery lumsie unsconhed, to lite hated, and die for Christ' sake, whereby tiny have tasted of tho glories or Ibe world tu come, have mingle 1 with Iho spirits of Just men made perfect, nn 1 know that llin "Ulory of Uod Is Intelligence" an I "Knowledge 1st o er." H'.f. VowjaX Jr in Mttnntat Star. |